the current translation is predicated at the German unique, which has been edited by way of Professor S. Strasser and released. in Husse1' liana-Edmund H usserl, Gesammelte We1'ke. A uj Grund des N ach lasses ve1'ojjentlicht vom Husse1'l-Archiv (Louvain) unlet' Leitung vonH. L. Van Breda, vol. I (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1950), pages 3-39. either my translation of the Paris Lectures and the Introductory Essay have been accomplished sooner than the looks of 2 sub stantial scholarly achievements: Dorion Cairns' devoted trans lation of Husserl's tricky Cartesianische Meditationen and Herbert Spiegelberg's unique and accomplished two-volume paintings, The Phenomenological flow. i've got considering the fact that collated such a lot rigorously Professor Cairns' translation with my very own in these passages that are comparable within the German of the Carte sianische Meditationen and the Pariser Vorlriige. for that reason i used to be in a position to make a number of priceless alterations. additionally, i've got included a few fabric which have been unavailable to me ahead of the ebook of Professor Spiegelberg's paintings. although, i didn't benefit from Dorion Cairns' advisor /0'1' examining Busserl, which, at this writing, isn't really but on hand in print. i need to precise my gratitude to the publishers in addition to to Dr. Herman Leo Van Breda, Rudolf Boehm, and to the Husserl files for his or her endurance, encouragement, aid, and proposals. San Jose, California. P. okay. August, 1961 CONTENTS Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v . . . . . . . . . . INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX A. Husserl's Philosophical place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX . . 1. creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX . . . . . . . 2. Premises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XII . . . . . . . . . three. HusserI's software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XVI . . .